Four full-color dolls and 38 costumes portray a proper Victorian-era family at work and play. Gorgeous garb-from warm wintercoats to summer bathing costumes-for every occasion, from a formal wedding to a friendly game of lawn croquet. 12 plates. View more info

Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand a... View more info

Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West. It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain, often impractical, and sometimes the clothing was just not durable enough for the men and women who were forging new homes for themselves in the West. Full hoopskirts were of little use in a soddy on the prairie, and chaps and spurs were a vital part of the cowboy's equipment.In this book, author Chri... View more info

At one time America's silk industry was the largest in the world. Silk was late to be industrialized, well after cotton and wool. Nonetheless, nineteenth-century American entrepreneurs rapidly built a silk industry with levels of production once unimaginable.American Silk, 1830-1930 traces the evolution of the American silk industry through three compelling and very different case studies: the Nonotuck Silk Company of Northampton, Massachusetts; the Haskell Silk Comp... View more info

This latest addition to Dover's paper doll collections focusing on folk costumes from around the world spotlights traditional apparel of Russia. An attractive young man and woman, accompanied by 16 finely detailed costumes, can be dressed in outfits representing a number of now-independent countries of the former Soviet Union. Included are festival costumes of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth century; a fur-trimmed robe; beautifully embroidered shawls, skirts, tu... View more info

Early Americans accommodated, adapted, and manipulated their clothing to adjust to their physical and social environment. This book focuses on the relationship of dress to the struggle of indigenous and immigrant Americans to fill expected and unexpected needs and express political ideologies and ethnic identity. In doing so the contributors hope to prompt readers to reconsider the place of dress in the interpretation of American culture. The casual reader of this book o... View more info

Meticulously rendered version of an upper middle class family includes ten dolls (spanning three generations) and 30 different costumes: single-breasted suits, cuffed slacks and tuxedos for the men; ankle-length dresses, casual skirt, bobby socks and saddle shoes for the ladies and more. Descriptive notes. 16 plates. View more info

Skillfully rendered collection focusing on an aristocratic Southern family of three generations includes 24 costumes for nine paper dolls, among them military uniforms for the men, simple day dress of cotton calico and plaid as well as elegant party wear for the women and charming outfits for the children. Descriptive notes. View more info

Recapture the flavor and drama of 1860 with an American family of nine paper dolls and 36 authentic Civil War era costumes. Hoop skirts and off-the-shoulder dresses for the ladies; military uniforms, cravats and waistcoats for the man. Descriptive notes. View more info

Accurately rendered collection of 29 authentic costumes and accessories for two dolls. Loose-flowing agbada gown for a Yoruba man, animals skins for a Luo warrior from Kenya, simply draped robes and striped shawls for Masai man and woman, and much more, plus fanciful headdresses, shields, a decorative ceremonial sword, drums, masks, and other tribal artifacts. An exciting collection for classroom teachers, paper dolls fans, and admirers of African culture. View more info

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